IPL franchise The Mumbai Indians scored their second victory after beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets on Thursday at the Wankhede Stadium. It was a one-sided match, with the captain of the Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya, hitting the ball and winning six. While chasing the target of 197 runs, the Mumbai Indians scored 199 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 15.3 overs only because of the half centuries from Ishan Kishan and Surya Kumar Yadav, while the former captain of the team Rohit Sharma’s match scored 38 runs in 24 balls and Hardik Pandya remained unbeaten at 21 runs in six balls.
Initially, the fifer from Jasprit Bumrah helped the Mumbai Indians, restricting Royal Challengers Bengaluru to 196 runs at the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. For the visitors their captain, Faf Du Plessis, scored 61 runs, Dinesh Karthik remained beaten at 53, and Rajat Patidar scored 50 runs.
While speaking after the match, the mentor of the Mumbai Indians, Sachin Tendulkar, took to X, which is formally known as Twitter, and praised Hardik Pandya-led MI. Sachin wrote, ‘Two victories on the trot now for @mipaltan after the tricky start to the tournament. @jaspritbumrah93 was amazing; once again, he proved that he is the best in the business.”
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Sachin also praised the fearless batting by Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan during the power play overs, which effectively reduced the required run rate. While concluding his statement, Sachin said that it was good to see Surya Kumar Yadav hitting the ball so sweetly after his break because of the injury.
After defeating RCB Mumbai Indians are now 7th in the 2024 IPL points table with 4 points in 5 matches, including two victories and three defeats, while Royal Challengers Bengaluru are in 9th position with two points in 6 matches.
After the match, the captain of the Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya, said that it is always good to win the match, and the way in which they have won the match is quite impressive. Pandya also said that an impact player has given us the opportunity to use an extra bowler in case we needed it, and it gives him a cushion as well. At the same point, if someone is having a bad day,
